# Andy Stirling

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#2 - Critical infrastructure / technology

Episode #2: Uncertainty in critical infrastructures / reliability / technology & innovation. A conversation with: - Patrick van Zwanenberg, CENIT, Argentina - Emery Roe, University of California, Berkeley - Chair: Andy Stirling, STEPS Centre For more resources on uncertainty, visit steps-centre.org…

Episode #9: Andy Stirling

Our ninth episode comes from a conversation recorded at the 'A Crisis of Expertise?' symposium at the University of Melbourne. At the symposium, Tim caught up with Andy Stirling (SPRU, Sussex) and Matthew Kearnes (UNSW) to talk about 'policy-engaged research', policy expertise, and activism in the …

Episode 10 - All about art with Andy Stirling Robertson

Episode 10: ART. We talk to local artist Andy Stirling Robertson. Lockdown, Louis Theroux, Jon Ronson, Psychopath Test, Flow, Conceptual Art, Glasgow Art Scene, GSA, Neil Making Movies, Technology & Art, Statue or Painting? Vantages Black, Golden voice or Silver tongue? Flame throwers, Faslane, Zom…

Is Science Morally Neutral?

In 1816, when Mary Shelley sat down to write her Gothic novel Frankenstein, it was a time of social, political and scientific upheaval. It has given us the archetypal image of the mad scientist single-mindedly pursing his grotesque experiments whatever the cost. "Frankenstein Science" has even beco…

11. Imaginations of Control // ANDY STIRLING

When our societies are faced with challenges we often call on science to provide us with the best course of action; we strive to make evidence-based decisions. But what assumptions are hiding behind this recipe for decision-making? And how can taking control of a situation reduce our capacity for r…

Episode 3: Interview with Professor Andrew Stirling: What Science and Technology Studies can tell us about using and communicating research synthesis.

Andy Stirling - who has sat on many government and other scientific advisory panels -  discusses how we need how to confront ‘how science can be more rigorous about how power shapes truth’  It's just saying it's okay to talk about it. In fact, more than okay, it's essential to a democracy that scie…

Round 3 Episode 13 with Andy Stirling

We are live from the Studio this week and joined by YouTuber Andy Stirling and our resident PGA Professional Marc Sadler.  We spent the afternoon filming with Andy and learning a little about the Langlands Rick Shiels.

4 Decades of Work on Climate and Environment

Professor Andy Stirling has spent his academic career at the University of Sussex. His research spans genetically-modified organisisms (GMOs) to sustainaility governance, socio-technical transitions. . Andy has been a professor at SPRU since 2006, co-directing the ESRC STEPS Centre from then unti…

Choosing Directions: Innovation, Power, and Transformation

In this episode, we talk with Andy Stirling about one of the most overlooked questions in innovation: direction. Not just how innovation happens, but who decides where it goes and which alternatives are ignored. We discuss the difference between directing innovation, the direction of innovation, an…

Andy Stirling in conversation with Roger Kneebone

Andy Stirling is emeritus professor in the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. His many interests centre around issues of uncertainty, diversity and power in science and technology. Andy has played a leading role in many project areas, including social justice, democratic po…